Brake attachment



Nav 10 1925 c. H. COLE BRAKE ATTACMENT Filed Feb. 115, 1925 i' brakeattachments for freight cars'l and thethe lower end of y liatented Nov.10, 1925.

UNITED' STATES PAT-ENT o'FFic-a..

CHARLES H. COLE, OF PUEBLO,` COLORADO.

Application sied Febrary To all whom it may concem:

that I, a citizen of the United States, residing Be it known Pueblo, inthe :BRAKE ATTACHMENT.

CHARLES y COLE,

county of Pueblo and State of Colorado', have invented new and usefulImprovements in Brake Attachments, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in like and includes amultiplicity of loosel and fixed pulleys upon brake staff and has fixedand on a cable which is in the lower end of the wound thereturnintermediatelv connected with the brake arms where'b Y'thc rakes may bemore at present when using provision of a brake which includes athereon, and which posite end of fixed pulley on pull has quicklyapplied than the single the brake staff. Another object of the inventionis the.

rod attaching means pulley upon ey loosely mounted fixed thereto theopthe cable or chain from the the brake stall'.

With the above and other objects in view,

the invention further includes the following novel features and detailsof construction,

to be hereinafter more lustrated in the accomp fully` described,ilanying drawing and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing .Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of a freightcar showing the present invention applied.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary side elevation 'of the invention per se.

Figure 3 is a top plan View of the brake attaching means per se.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein like characters respondingparts,

of reference denote coithe reference character 10 indicates generally afreight car upon which is mounted the usual carriage wheels with theusual and ordinary type of braking means thereon.

1n the present invention use of the usual and ordinary staff 12 which istype of brake positioned upon the opposite ends of the freight car 10andis journaled within spaced bea has its lower end the Hoor of the car.

`lower end portion of t portion 13 thereon and extending below ringsFixed adjacent theV he brake statt 12 is we employ the 13, 1925. SerialNo. 8,998.

a pulley 13 having a versely through the pulley -and brake staff andincluding avlooped end portion 15 upon one' end thereof which, extendsupwardly f'lom the face of the groove therein. Pivota y brake stalI 12isa pulley 17.

IIn order to provide the brake rod attaching means I provide a rod abifurcated inner. end portion 19 and below the fixed pulley 13 and whichhas the free end portions of the bifurcation v inwardly offset as at 2()and terminates in a pair of spaced parallel apertured legs 2l throughwhich is inserted a, spreading of the legs 21 Pivotally mounted betweenthe bifui'cated -end portion 19y of the rod 18 is a pulley 23.

A cable 24 has one vend secured within a looped portion 15 of the bolt14 then looped over the pulley 23 and pulley 17 and has its oppositefree end portionsec'ured to the pin 22 between the legs 21 of the rod18. 1

It will thus be seen that of the brake staff 12 in the pin 14 will causesuccessive loops upon in turn will cause the either direction that 'thecable 2 4 to form the pulley 13 which pulleys 17 and 23 to mountedbetween bearings 16 upon the upon rotation pin 14 extending trans- 18having pin 22 whereby' is restricted.

rotate and pass the cable 24 and which in described my invention what isattachment including a a cable Wound upon the to one of the staffpulleys and brakel whereby the brakes may be applied.

2. A brake pulley thereon, and

pulleys and secured.

rod t arranged upon the lower .V Vend portion of the brake staff, abrake rod attachment of the character described comprising a brake sta,a fixed its outer end portion substantall ing means, and a cable loopedupon the rotatable pulleys and having its free end por f tions fixed tothe xed pulley and brake 210 rod attaching means respectively.

In testimony whereof I ax my signa ture.

CHARLES H. CLE.

